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Bamboo juice (Zhuli)
Pharmaceutical Name: Saccus Bambusae in Taeniam
Botanical Name: 1. Phyllostachys nigra var.
henonis Stapf; 2. Bambusa tuldoides Munro;
3. Sinocalamus breecheyanus (Munro) McClure
var. pubescens P. F. Li
Common Name: Bamboo juice
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The bamboo juice is collected
after the green bamboo has been burned.
Properties & Taste: Sweet and cold
Meridians: Lung and stomach
Functions: To clear heat and resolve phlegm
Indications & Combinations:
1. Phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with
thick, yellow sputum and chest pain. Bamboo
juice (Zhuli) is used with Loquat leaf (Pipaye)
and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou).
2. Windstroke due to heart misted by phlegm,
epilepsy or manic psychosis. Bamboo juice
(Zhuli) is used with Ginger juice (Jiangzhi).
Dosage: 30-50 g
Cautions & Contraindications: This herb
is contraindicated for cough caused by cold
and in cases with diarrhea caused by spleen
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